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8831Raelian seeking US citizenship sues to remove 'So Help Me God' from oathhttp://raelpress.org/news.php?item.478.1
Las Vegas, May 7, 2018 – A French woman and member of the International Raelian Movement (www.rael.org)—a spiritual and atheistic religion—who is seeking to become a US citizen, has filed a lawsuit to remove the phrase, “So help me God” from the oath of citizenship because she is an atheist and believes that the inclusion of that phrase in the United States' citizenship oath is an unconstitutional violation of her religious freedom.

Olga Paule Perrier-Bilbo, 48, a French national and green card holder, has been living in Scituate, Massachusetts, since 2000. “I am determined to forego my French citizenship and instead become an American, but I cannot in good conscience participate in a ceremony that violates the US constitution,” said Perrier.

Perrier added, “I am unwilling to start my new life as an American citizen in some second-class status solely because I choose to follow my religious precepts.”

According to Perrier, the current oath violates the first amendment of the Bill of Rights, and she believes that to participate in a ceremony which violates that key portion of the United States Constitution is not supporting or defending the Constitution as the oath demands.

“By its very nature, an oath that concludes with, ‘So help me God’ is asserting that God exists,” stated Perrier who filed before a federal court in Massachusetts.

The first amendment of the Bill of Rights Perrier refers to in her lawsuit against the US Congress states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."

When offered the chance to participate in a private citizenship ceremony with a modified oath, Perrier argued, “the mere presence of the words represents an unconstitutional government endorsement of religion and any alternative would simply place an illegal burden on me for my beliefs.”

"My hope is for the phrase, ‘So help me God’ to be stricken from future naturalization ceremonies and for this lawsuit to encourage other atheists or agnostics who want to defend the constitution to fight against this anti-constitutional oath," concluded Perrier.

Perrier’s lawyer, Michael Newdow, also filed related lawsuits in the past, seeking to remove the words “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance, “In God We Trust” from American currency, and “So help me God” from the Presidential oath of office.

For his commitment to having all mentions of God removed from U.S. public affairs, Rael, founder and leader of the International Raelian Movement, bestowed him the “Honorary Guide” title on January, 17, 2005. This title is given to men and women who are not Raelian, but who dedicate their lives, as Raelians do, to changing the world by reducing violence, denouncing injustice and government manipulations, eliminating god-related taboos, and promoting Human Rights.

The hearing is slated to take place on Tuesday May 8, 2018 in Boston.

]]>Las Vegas, May 7, 2018 – A French woman and member of the International Raelian Movement (www.rael.org)—a spiritual and atheistic religion—who is seeking to become a US citizen, has filed a lawsuit to remove the phrase, “So help me God” from the oath of citizenship because she is an atheist and believes that the inclusion of that phrase in the United States' citizenship oath is an unconstitutional violation of her religious freedom.

Olga Paule Perrier-Bilbo, 48, a French national and green card holder, has been living in Scituate, Massachusetts, since 2000. “I am determined to forego my French citizenship and instead become an American, but I cannot in good conscience participate in a ceremony that violates the US constitution,” said Perrier.

Perrier added, “I am unwilling to start my new life as an American citizen in some second-class status solely because I choose to follow my religious precepts.”

According to Perrier, the current oath violates the first amendment of the Bill of Rights, and she believes that to participate in a ceremony which violates that key portion of the United States Constitution is not supporting or defending the Constitution as the oath demands.

“By its very nature, an oath that concludes with, ‘So help me God’ is asserting that God exists,” stated Perrier who filed before a federal court in Massachusetts.

The first amendment of the Bill of Rights Perrier refers to in her lawsuit against the US Congress states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."

When offered the chance to participate in a private citizenship ceremony with a modified oath, Perrier argued, “the mere presence of the words represents an unconstitutional government endorsement of religion and any alternative would simply place an illegal burden on me for my beliefs.”

"My hope is for the phrase, ‘So help me God’ to be stricken from future naturalization ceremonies and for this lawsuit to encourage other atheists or agnostics who want to defend the constitution to fight against this anti-constitutional oath," concluded Perrier.

Perrier’s lawyer, Michael Newdow, also filed related lawsuits in the past, seeking to remove the words “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance, “In God We Trust” from American currency, and “So help me God” from the Presidential oath of office.

For his commitment to having all mentions of God removed from U.S. public affairs, Rael, founder and leader of the International Raelian Movement, bestowed him the “Honorary Guide” title on January, 17, 2005. This title is given to men and women who are not Raelian, but who dedicate their lives, as Raelians do, to changing the world by reducing violence, denouncing injustice and government manipulations, eliminating god-related taboos, and promoting Human Rights.

The hearing is slated to take place on Tuesday May 8, 2018 in Boston.

]]>Press ReleasefelixMon, 07 May 2018 12:27:27 -0500http://raelpress.org/news.php?item.478.1May 1st is International Paradism Day Celebrationhttp://raelpress.org/news.php?item.477.1
LAS VEGAS, April 29 - On May 1st, the Paradism Movement around the world will celebrate the 7th annual International day of Paradism.

"Paradism is the system of society without work and without money that allows the establishment of a true paradise," declared Jarel, international leader of the Paradism Movement inspired by Rael, spiritual leader of the Raelian Movement."There is no reason to fall into poverty considering the level of technology we have now,” said RAEL, the inspirational figure behind Paradism. “If robots do all the work and if we share the abundance they produce, we can free humanity from the slavery of work and money.”

"The technology that will free us from bondage through work and money is ready," added Jarel. "Our machines have learned to walk, talk and are just beginning to understand. They are ready to replace humans in all the activities that are necessary for our survival and fulfillment. Therefore no one should have to work or put themselves at the service of others to ensure their survival."

The machines will be programmed to be our docile and dedicated servants and do the work necessary for the proper functioning of the whole society. They will repair all the damages done to our planet and positively contribute to the ecology and happiness of human beings.

When all the work will be given to robots, there will be no need for money. Everyone will be given all the comfort, health care and leisure they need for free.

But this paradise, this world of pleasure and abundance that is possible today thanks to science, will only be accessible to us through sharing.

Today, those who own the means of production, the richest, seize the gains of productivity. The others see their purchasing power decrease as they lose their jobs. A labor-based wealth distribution system cannot sustain in a society that is becoming increasingly automated because it only accentuates inequalities. It is redistribution and a sharing of wealth such as the one advocated by Paradism that can and will help put an end to the revolutions and wars, and restore peace and social justice.

The message that will be spread by Paradism advocates during the activities that are slated to take place on May 1st is a great message of hope for humanity.

Paradism is coming and will transition a very unequal, divided and competing world into a world where all the parts of humanity interconnected collaborate to form a planetary civilization and live an era of peace, fulfillment and pleasures. We have the technology that can help free us from forced labor, hunger and misery. We just need a little more love between each other and an unconditional desire to share. That is the condition to enter paradise.

]]>LAS VEGAS, April 29 - On May 1st, the Paradism Movement around the world will celebrate the 7th annual International day of Paradism.

"Paradism is the system of society without work and without money that allows the establishment of a true paradise," declared Jarel, international leader of the Paradism Movement inspired by Rael, spiritual leader of the Raelian Movement."There is no reason to fall into poverty considering the level of technology we have now,” said RAEL, the inspirational figure behind Paradism. “If robots do all the work and if we share the abundance they produce, we can free humanity from the slavery of work and money.”

"The technology that will free us from bondage through work and money is ready," added Jarel. "Our machines have learned to walk, talk and are just beginning to understand. They are ready to replace humans in all the activities that are necessary for our survival and fulfillment. Therefore no one should have to work or put themselves at the service of others to ensure their survival."

The machines will be programmed to be our docile and dedicated servants and do the work necessary for the proper functioning of the whole society. They will repair all the damages done to our planet and positively contribute to the ecology and happiness of human beings.

When all the work will be given to robots, there will be no need for money. Everyone will be given all the comfort, health care and leisure they need for free.

But this paradise, this world of pleasure and abundance that is possible today thanks to science, will only be accessible to us through sharing.

Today, those who own the means of production, the richest, seize the gains of productivity. The others see their purchasing power decrease as they lose their jobs. A labor-based wealth distribution system cannot sustain in a society that is becoming increasingly automated because it only accentuates inequalities. It is redistribution and a sharing of wealth such as the one advocated by Paradism that can and will help put an end to the revolutions and wars, and restore peace and social justice.

The message that will be spread by Paradism advocates during the activities that are slated to take place on May 1st is a great message of hope for humanity.

Paradism is coming and will transition a very unequal, divided and competing world into a world where all the parts of humanity interconnected collaborate to form a planetary civilization and live an era of peace, fulfillment and pleasures. We have the technology that can help free us from forced labor, hunger and misery. We just need a little more love between each other and an unconditional desire to share. That is the condition to enter paradise.

]]>Press ReleasefelixTue, 01 May 2018 12:31:27 -0500http://raelpress.org/news.php?item.477.1In Canada, human mammals struggle with breastfeeding instinct in public and nipple equality in their specieshttp://raelpress.org/news.php?item.476.1
Vancouver, April 19, 2018 – At the end of March, Serah Small, a 24-year-old Alberta hockey player, made National news because she breastfed her baby in the locker room during a hockey tournament in Grand Prairie, Alberta *1.

“The natural act of nursing one’s young, replicated by every mammal on Earth, somehow created a media frenzy among human mammals as if Aliens had landed on Earth!” remarked Denise Belisle, GoTopless leader in Canada.

“Why would this natural, instinctive behaviour be regarded as an oddity among ‘civilized’ Homo sapiens?” asked Belisle. “Giving a baby a breast to feed on is just as natural and decent as giving an apple to a five-year-old child.”

“The problem in our society is not that women want to breastfeed their babies, but that they want to do it in public and while doing so, exposing their breasts,” Belisle said. “There is so much discrimination toward women and their breasts because our Judeo-Christian values make us perceive the naked body with guilt and shame. That includes the female nipple but strangely not the male nipple.”

Since its inception 11 years ago, GoTopless has always maintained that “as long as men are allowed to be topless in public, women should have the same constitutional right. Or else, men should have to wear something to hide their chests.”

“That was the claim made by the Spiritual leader, Maitreya Rael, a relentless defender of equal rights when he recommended the creation of GoTopless in 2007,” informs Belisle.

Equal rights is the core of GoTopless’s mission statement because the human nipples must be treated in equality under the law, in Alberta and everywhere in Canada, including Quebec where topless equality is still baffled due to a murky law legislating the issue in this largely Catholic province.

“All Canadian provinces should seek inspiration from Ontario and British Columbia when it comes to topless equality,” insists Belisle.

She concludes: “My hope is that our society finally accepts and recognizes women’s body as equal to men’s and puts equality before so-called Christian morality.”

]]>Vancouver, April 19, 2018 – At the end of March, Serah Small, a 24-year-old Alberta hockey player, made National news because she breastfed her baby in the locker room during a hockey tournament in Grand Prairie, Alberta *1.

“The natural act of nursing one’s young, replicated by every mammal on Earth, somehow created a media frenzy among human mammals as if Aliens had landed on Earth!” remarked Denise Belisle, GoTopless leader in Canada.

“Why would this natural, instinctive behaviour be regarded as an oddity among ‘civilized’ Homo sapiens?” asked Belisle. “Giving a baby a breast to feed on is just as natural and decent as giving an apple to a five-year-old child.”

“The problem in our society is not that women want to breastfeed their babies, but that they want to do it in public and while doing so, exposing their breasts,” Belisle said. “There is so much discrimination toward women and their breasts because our Judeo-Christian values make us perceive the naked body with guilt and shame. That includes the female nipple but strangely not the male nipple.”

Since its inception 11 years ago, GoTopless has always maintained that “as long as men are allowed to be topless in public, women should have the same constitutional right. Or else, men should have to wear something to hide their chests.”

“That was the claim made by the Spiritual leader, Maitreya Rael, a relentless defender of equal rights when he recommended the creation of GoTopless in 2007,” informs Belisle.

Equal rights is the core of GoTopless’s mission statement because the human nipples must be treated in equality under the law, in Alberta and everywhere in Canada, including Quebec where topless equality is still baffled due to a murky law legislating the issue in this largely Catholic province.

“All Canadian provinces should seek inspiration from Ontario and British Columbia when it comes to topless equality,” insists Belisle.

She concludes: “My hope is that our society finally accepts and recognizes women’s body as equal to men’s and puts equality before so-called Christian morality.”

]]>Press ReleasefrenchThu, 19 Apr 2018 21:16:35 -0500http://raelpress.org/news.php?item.476.1Sexual abuse on children at Mount Cashel Orphanage not recognized as a crime!http://raelpress.org/news.php?item.475.1
Montreal, April 10, 2018— In the case of the Mount Cashel sexual abuse claim against the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation, Justice Alphonsus Faour of the provincial Supreme Court of Newfoundland says, “… Plaintiffs in the case are from an earlier era — long before sexual and physical abuse emerged as a public scandal with criminal convictions and a public enquiry starting in 1989.” “...I do not doubt that the disclosures were made,” Faour wrote, but said, “they must be put in historical context *1.”

Sylvie Elliott, leader of Newfoundland and Labrador Raelian Movement states, “The International Raelian Movement, has repeatedly denounced the Holy See for its policies of denial and obfuscation on this subject, which allowed priests to sexually abuse thousands of children with impunity. In 2002, the Raelian Movement filed an urgent appeal against similar cases, contending that they were both criminal and in violation of human rights laws.”

In an official statement released in 2008 Rael, spiritual leader of the International Raelian Movement declared: “Children around the world are still being abused by Catholic priests even after years of publicity because no serious measures have been taken to protect them, and thousands of adults are still suffering from the effects of similar incidents that occurred during their childhood.”

Elliott, states, “Even though child abuse was not recognized as a punishable crime in the 1950s, it is still a crime.”

]]>Montreal, April 10, 2018— In the case of the Mount Cashel sexual abuse claim against the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation, Justice Alphonsus Faour of the provincial Supreme Court of Newfoundland says, “… Plaintiffs in the case are from an earlier era — long before sexual and physical abuse emerged as a public scandal with criminal convictions and a public enquiry starting in 1989.” “...I do not doubt that the disclosures were made,” Faour wrote, but said, “they must be put in historical context *1.”

Sylvie Elliott, leader of Newfoundland and Labrador Raelian Movement states, “The International Raelian Movement, has repeatedly denounced the Holy See for its policies of denial and obfuscation on this subject, which allowed priests to sexually abuse thousands of children with impunity. In 2002, the Raelian Movement filed an urgent appeal against similar cases, contending that they were both criminal and in violation of human rights laws.”

In an official statement released in 2008 Rael, spiritual leader of the International Raelian Movement declared: “Children around the world are still being abused by Catholic priests even after years of publicity because no serious measures have been taken to protect them, and thousands of adults are still suffering from the effects of similar incidents that occurred during their childhood.”

Elliott, states, “Even though child abuse was not recognized as a punishable crime in the 1950s, it is still a crime.”

]]>Press ReleasefrenchTue, 10 Apr 2018 21:34:09 -0500http://raelpress.org/news.php?item.475.1Raelians starting negotiations with first country to consider hosting an Embassy for Extraterrestrialshttp://raelpress.org/news.php?item.474.1
GENEVA, March 28, 2018 – Thousands of Raelians worldwide will hold public events on March 31st – day that founder and spiritual leader of the Raelian Movement, Rael, declared “ET Embassy Day,” in order to raise awareness about their major project: the building of an Embassy to welcome an extraterrestrial civilization to earth.

“This year is very special,’’ said Raelian Guide Daniel Turcotte, Rael’s assistant for the ET Embassy Project. ‘’Up until now, several countries had shown a genuine interest for this very auspicious project, but this year, for the first time, a country has invited Raelian representatives to discuss this unique and enthusiastic project.’’

"This week, the host country candidate has been handed an optional protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, provisionally titled the “Optional Protocol Concerning Embassies for Extraterrestrials," explained Turcotte. "The meeting also addressed the possibility for this country to hold the first international conference to discuss this protocol.”

Turcotte explained that the country granting a land, the necessary extraterritoriality, and the authorization for the ET Embassy to be built within its territory will not only benefit financially, but will also become the spiritual and scientific center of the planet for millennia to come, and happiness will prevail within its borders.

‘’Welcoming an extraterrestrial civilization isn't a mere fantasy the way it was viewed as in the 70s when Rael created the Raelian Movement with the mission of building an Embassy to welcome them," added Turcotte. "Since then, thousands of planets have been discovered including some with an atmosphere and all the necessary elements to sustain life. Not to mention that scientists now agree that the probability of intelligent life outside our solar system is very high, and millions of people have seen UFOs and know that an extraterrestrial civilization is showing interest in us, thus confirming this probability."

"The conditions for the general population to accept the idea of an official welcome are met, but violence on our planet is so high that we need the wisdom of those who created us and who want to meet us again more than ever," concluded Turcotte.

Raelians believe that an extraterrestrial civilization created all life on Earth including human beings, and they believe it is a very peaceful and far more advanced civilization compared to ours, both scientifically and philosophically.

]]>GENEVA, March 28, 2018 – Thousands of Raelians worldwide will hold public events on March 31st – day that founder and spiritual leader of the Raelian Movement, Rael, declared “ET Embassy Day,” in order to raise awareness about their major project: the building of an Embassy to welcome an extraterrestrial civilization to earth.

“This year is very special,’’ said Raelian Guide Daniel Turcotte, Rael’s assistant for the ET Embassy Project. ‘’Up until now, several countries had shown a genuine interest for this very auspicious project, but this year, for the first time, a country has invited Raelian representatives to discuss this unique and enthusiastic project.’’

"This week, the host country candidate has been handed an optional protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, provisionally titled the “Optional Protocol Concerning Embassies for Extraterrestrials," explained Turcotte. "The meeting also addressed the possibility for this country to hold the first international conference to discuss this protocol.”

Turcotte explained that the country granting a land, the necessary extraterritoriality, and the authorization for the ET Embassy to be built within its territory will not only benefit financially, but will also become the spiritual and scientific center of the planet for millennia to come, and happiness will prevail within its borders.

‘’Welcoming an extraterrestrial civilization isn't a mere fantasy the way it was viewed as in the 70s when Rael created the Raelian Movement with the mission of building an Embassy to welcome them," added Turcotte. "Since then, thousands of planets have been discovered including some with an atmosphere and all the necessary elements to sustain life. Not to mention that scientists now agree that the probability of intelligent life outside our solar system is very high, and millions of people have seen UFOs and know that an extraterrestrial civilization is showing interest in us, thus confirming this probability."

"The conditions for the general population to accept the idea of an official welcome are met, but violence on our planet is so high that we need the wisdom of those who created us and who want to meet us again more than ever," concluded Turcotte.

Raelians believe that an extraterrestrial civilization created all life on Earth including human beings, and they believe it is a very peaceful and far more advanced civilization compared to ours, both scientifically and philosophically.

]]>Press ReleasefelixWed, 28 Mar 2018 00:17:10 -0500http://raelpress.org/news.php?item.474.1GoTopless activist files petition to the U.S. Supreme Courthttp://raelpress.org/news.php?item.473.1
Chicago, IL - March 19 - On March 12, 2018, after 4 years of inconclusive court battles, Sonoko Tagami, member of women's organization GoTopless has filed a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court through attorney Joel Flaxman. (http://gotopless.org/news.php?extend.180)

"Sonoko is appealing before the U.S. Supreme Court to finally lay to rest the constitutional challenge of whether men and women have equal gender rights when it comes to topless rights," stated Nadine Gary, GoTopless President.

The Sonoko Tagami v The City Of Chicago court case stems from an incident that took place on North Beach in Chicago, Illinois during a GoTopless Day protest in Aug 2014. Ms. Tagami, GoTopless activist, was fined by the police for appearing at the annual gender equality protest with her nipples solely covered with opaque paint while the men around her legally appeared with theirs fully exposed.

"Ms. Tagami decided to take her case to court and sued the City of Chicago in order to challenge the blunt gender discrimination she had been the victim of," explained Gary. Since its inception, 11 years ago, GoTopless has always claimed that equal topless equality was protected by the US constitution and that if the courts ruled otherwise, then men would have to be forced to cover up their chest in public thus preserving gender equality. "That was the claim made by spiritual leader, Maitreya Rael, a relentless advocate of equal rights when he recommended creating of GoTopless in 2007," informed Gary.

'Now, the central legal question before the Supreme Court judges is whether or not 'traditional moral norms' really take precedence over the Equal Protection clause in the U.S. Constitution, as ruled last year by the 7th District judge panel when presented with Tagami's case," stated Gary.

"Many traditional moral norms have justified countless reprehensible and unconstitutional acts in our country's history, but thankfully they don't hold up to the supreme law of the land,” said Gary.

"In today's society, a favorable ruling for gender topless equality would also have a major impact on the #metoo movement currently sweeping our country. When women will be given unequivocal equal rights not only in mind but also in body, our traditional and chauvinist moral norms will gradually give way to a more respectful rapport between the sexes," Gary continued.

"Topless equality speaks volumes when it comes to empowering women and freeing everyone from the shackles of Judeo-Christian guilt and shame," concluded Gary.

]]>Chicago, IL - March 19 - On March 12, 2018, after 4 years of inconclusive court battles, Sonoko Tagami, member of women's organization GoTopless has filed a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court through attorney Joel Flaxman. (http://gotopless.org/news.php?extend.180)

"Sonoko is appealing before the U.S. Supreme Court to finally lay to rest the constitutional challenge of whether men and women have equal gender rights when it comes to topless rights," stated Nadine Gary, GoTopless President.

The Sonoko Tagami v The City Of Chicago court case stems from an incident that took place on North Beach in Chicago, Illinois during a GoTopless Day protest in Aug 2014. Ms. Tagami, GoTopless activist, was fined by the police for appearing at the annual gender equality protest with her nipples solely covered with opaque paint while the men around her legally appeared with theirs fully exposed.

"Ms. Tagami decided to take her case to court and sued the City of Chicago in order to challenge the blunt gender discrimination she had been the victim of," explained Gary. Since its inception, 11 years ago, GoTopless has always claimed that equal topless equality was protected by the US constitution and that if the courts ruled otherwise, then men would have to be forced to cover up their chest in public thus preserving gender equality. "That was the claim made by spiritual leader, Maitreya Rael, a relentless advocate of equal rights when he recommended creating of GoTopless in 2007," informed Gary.

'Now, the central legal question before the Supreme Court judges is whether or not 'traditional moral norms' really take precedence over the Equal Protection clause in the U.S. Constitution, as ruled last year by the 7th District judge panel when presented with Tagami's case," stated Gary.

"Many traditional moral norms have justified countless reprehensible and unconstitutional acts in our country's history, but thankfully they don't hold up to the supreme law of the land,” said Gary.

"In today's society, a favorable ruling for gender topless equality would also have a major impact on the #metoo movement currently sweeping our country. When women will be given unequivocal equal rights not only in mind but also in body, our traditional and chauvinist moral norms will gradually give way to a more respectful rapport between the sexes," Gary continued.

"Topless equality speaks volumes when it comes to empowering women and freeing everyone from the shackles of Judeo-Christian guilt and shame," concluded Gary.

]]>Press ReleasefelixMon, 19 Mar 2018 00:55:19 -0500http://raelpress.org/news.php?item.473.1Prophet RAEL in support of President Ramaphosa’s policy of land redistribution in South Africahttp://raelpress.org/news.php?item.472.1
Abidjan, February 26, 2018 -- Rael, spiritual leader of the International Raelian Movement (IRM), has expressed his full support to the President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, for his decision to redistribute land to Black South Africans.

President Ramaphosa stated, “The expropriation of land without compensation is envisaged as one of the measures that we will use to accelerate the redistribution of land to black South Africans."

In response to this statement, Rael commented: ‘’He is absolutely right! What was stolen by armed colonizers must be returned to Africa's native people without any compensation.”

Rael went even further and declared: “The wealth of the families of these white populations should be seized as a compensation for centuries of pillages!’’

In 2011, Rael expressed a similar support to Zimbabwe President, Mugabe, who initiated “the indigenization and empowerment policy and programs to ensure that resources are managed, controlled and exploited by Zimbabwe and that they benefit the majority of the people.”

At the time, Rael encouraged all African countries to do the same. “Africa belongs to Africans, not to ex-colonizers who continue their colonialist behavior under the guise of powerful multinational conglomerates,” he said.

Rael not only wishes African countries to take control of their lands, but he also encourages them to achieve a true independence by “rejecting all foreign structures that have been imposed on Africans by force, whether political, religious or cultural.”

He then added, “Africa must belong to the Africans, in particular the resources that continue to be plundered by the former colonial powers. Africa to Africans!!”

]]>Abidjan, February 26, 2018 -- Rael, spiritual leader of the International Raelian Movement (IRM), has expressed his full support to the President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, for his decision to redistribute land to Black South Africans.

President Ramaphosa stated, “The expropriation of land without compensation is envisaged as one of the measures that we will use to accelerate the redistribution of land to black South Africans."

In response to this statement, Rael commented: ‘’He is absolutely right! What was stolen by armed colonizers must be returned to Africa's native people without any compensation.”

Rael went even further and declared: “The wealth of the families of these white populations should be seized as a compensation for centuries of pillages!’’

In 2011, Rael expressed a similar support to Zimbabwe President, Mugabe, who initiated “the indigenization and empowerment policy and programs to ensure that resources are managed, controlled and exploited by Zimbabwe and that they benefit the majority of the people.”

At the time, Rael encouraged all African countries to do the same. “Africa belongs to Africans, not to ex-colonizers who continue their colonialist behavior under the guise of powerful multinational conglomerates,” he said.

Rael not only wishes African countries to take control of their lands, but he also encourages them to achieve a true independence by “rejecting all foreign structures that have been imposed on Africans by force, whether political, religious or cultural.”

He then added, “Africa must belong to the Africans, in particular the resources that continue to be plundered by the former colonial powers. Africa to Africans!!”

]]>Press ReleasefelixThu, 01 Mar 2018 01:26:39 -0600http://raelpress.org/news.php?item.472.1Rael in support of Iceland’s circumcision banhttp://raelpress.org/news.php?item.471.1
LAS VEGAS, February 9 – Rael, founder and spiritual leader of the International Raelian Movement, has welcomed the recent announcement made by Iceland MPs to outlaw circumcision for boys, saying that it is a wonderful decision.

Rael has repeatedly denounced this practice in Jewish and Muslim communities as ‘mutilation’. “Circumcision in men, just like clitoral excision in women, constitutes sexual mutilation and should be outlawed,” expressed Rael in a previous address.

“Adults can choose to have it done on themselves for whatever reason suits them, as they are free to do with their bodies as they see fit. But when it comes to performing it on children, it should definitely be forbidden and children should be protected.”

Rael has also decried for years the control of large religious groups over our society. “Circumcision is a primitive behavior, and should be banned worldwide. If any new religious minority, disrespectfully labeled as a “cult” or a “sect,” were performing such a mutilation, all its members would immediately be prosecuted and sentenced to go to jail. Why the double standard?”

Ten years ago, Rael launched a worldwide campaign against female genital mutilation (FGM) to bring hope to survivors of genital cutting and help women who have suffered this millennia-long custom. The non-profit organization, Clitoraid (www.clitoraid.org), has since helped hundreds of women undergo reconstructive surgery not only to help them regain their clitoral sensations – since it is now possible to restore the damaged clitoris – but also their sense of dignity.

Clitoral repairs are currently sponsored every month in the USA, Burkina Faso, and in Kenya in August.

]]>LAS VEGAS, February 9 – Rael, founder and spiritual leader of the International Raelian Movement, has welcomed the recent announcement made by Iceland MPs to outlaw circumcision for boys, saying that it is a wonderful decision.

Rael has repeatedly denounced this practice in Jewish and Muslim communities as ‘mutilation’. “Circumcision in men, just like clitoral excision in women, constitutes sexual mutilation and should be outlawed,” expressed Rael in a previous address.

“Adults can choose to have it done on themselves for whatever reason suits them, as they are free to do with their bodies as they see fit. But when it comes to performing it on children, it should definitely be forbidden and children should be protected.”

Rael has also decried for years the control of large religious groups over our society. “Circumcision is a primitive behavior, and should be banned worldwide. If any new religious minority, disrespectfully labeled as a “cult” or a “sect,” were performing such a mutilation, all its members would immediately be prosecuted and sentenced to go to jail. Why the double standard?”

Ten years ago, Rael launched a worldwide campaign against female genital mutilation (FGM) to bring hope to survivors of genital cutting and help women who have suffered this millennia-long custom. The non-profit organization, Clitoraid (www.clitoraid.org), has since helped hundreds of women undergo reconstructive surgery not only to help them regain their clitoral sensations – since it is now possible to restore the damaged clitoris – but also their sense of dignity.

Clitoral repairs are currently sponsored every month in the USA, Burkina Faso, and in Kenya in August.

“Minister Singh isn’t the only scientist resenting the notion that Darwin’s theory shouldn’t be questioned, and that all new discoveries should be explained through Darwin’s theory prism otherwise they shouldn’t be accepted for publication or teaching,” said Brigitte Boisselier, PhD, spokesperson of the Raelian Movement. “Mr. Singh has a PhD in chemistry and has therefore been trained to interpret facts and even use these facts to question or validate established theories. All PhD students have to question and then adopt or reject theories. Only the evolution theory remains unquestioned, the scientific establishment being too afraid to have to deal with the alternative divine intervention,” Boisselier added.

Boisselier explained that there is no need to refer to an almighty god nor to a series of accidental mutations to explain the abundant diversity of species.“Scientists are able to genetically modify species,” said Boisselier. “In doing so, they show that random mutations are not the only path to explain how new species arose, but directed mutations by advanced scientists could be another way. It’s possible to imagine a large scale and deliberate genetic engineering undertaking responsible for simple protozoans, colorful birds, graceful mammals, and even Homo sapiens.”

The Raelian philosophy endorses atheist creationism and states that scientists from another planet created all forms of life on earth including humans, “in their image,” and were later mistaken for gods by their own creation.

“Besides being more dogmatic than theory, Darwin’s evolution theory prevents scientists from appreciating all life forms that resulted from a deliberate and intelligent design,” added Boisselier. “If scientists were allowed the possibility to consider life as having been scientifically engineered, all biological departments would live a major revolution leading up to changes in all social aspects of our lives. Minister Singh’s proposal to change the curriculum would not bring our society backward but rather allow a major leap forward into our unavoidable future where we, too, become creators of life.”

]]>LAS VEGAS, Jan. 25 – In a recent statement, Rael, spiritual leader of the atheist Raelian Movement (www.rael.org), has offered his support to India’s human resource development Minister, Satyapal Singh, who dared to question Darwin’s theory, saying that no one ever saw “a man turning into an ape.”

“Minister Singh isn’t the only scientist resenting the notion that Darwin’s theory shouldn’t be questioned, and that all new discoveries should be explained through Darwin’s theory prism otherwise they shouldn’t be accepted for publication or teaching,” said Brigitte Boisselier, PhD, spokesperson of the Raelian Movement. “Mr. Singh has a PhD in chemistry and has therefore been trained to interpret facts and even use these facts to question or validate established theories. All PhD students have to question and then adopt or reject theories. Only the evolution theory remains unquestioned, the scientific establishment being too afraid to have to deal with the alternative divine intervention,” Boisselier added.

Boisselier explained that there is no need to refer to an almighty god nor to a series of accidental mutations to explain the abundant diversity of species.“Scientists are able to genetically modify species,” said Boisselier. “In doing so, they show that random mutations are not the only path to explain how new species arose, but directed mutations by advanced scientists could be another way. It’s possible to imagine a large scale and deliberate genetic engineering undertaking responsible for simple protozoans, colorful birds, graceful mammals, and even Homo sapiens.”

The Raelian philosophy endorses atheist creationism and states that scientists from another planet created all forms of life on earth including humans, “in their image,” and were later mistaken for gods by their own creation.

“Besides being more dogmatic than theory, Darwin’s evolution theory prevents scientists from appreciating all life forms that resulted from a deliberate and intelligent design,” added Boisselier. “If scientists were allowed the possibility to consider life as having been scientifically engineered, all biological departments would live a major revolution leading up to changes in all social aspects of our lives. Minister Singh’s proposal to change the curriculum would not bring our society backward but rather allow a major leap forward into our unavoidable future where we, too, become creators of life.”

]]>Press ReleasefelixFri, 26 Jan 2018 15:06:27 -0600http://raelpress.org/news.php?item.470.1‘Back to Kama’ organization supports Volunteer Dental Project for 2nd year in a rowhttp://raelpress.org/news.php?item.469.1
CHICAGO, January 8 – The ‘Back to Kama’ (BTK) organization (Kama is the indigenous native term for Africa; see www.backtokama.org ) will support a Volunteer Dental Project (VDP) for the second consecutive year. This volunteer program was inspired by the BTK dream project and was created for the sole purpose of giving back to the African community, the homeland.

In 2009, Rael, spiritual leader of the International Raelian Movement (IRM), launched the ‘Back to Kama’ dream project to encourage well-educated, successful, and affluent people of all races and religions – especially descendants of slaves – to migrate to Kama and to relocate their businesses and operations there, along with transferring knowledge and wealth accumulated in the West. “To save Humanity, we must first save Kama,” Rael said.

Five years ago, Raelian Guide, Larry R. Abdullah (DDS, PhD) – who has a general dentistry practice in Chicago, first had his DNA tested to trace down his African roots and the results revealed the Congo, Africa.

“My ancestry originated in the Congo and spread across the continent to West Africa. This is what inspired me to travel to Africa for the first time,” Abdullah recalled. HIs trip resulted in his participation in the ‘Back to Kama’ program designed to reunite people of African descent with their ancestral homeland.

“Since I’m a dentist, I decided to initiate a program to provide dental services to the residents most in need,” Dr. Abdullah said. In January 2017, he returned to Burkina Faso for two weeks where he treated nearly 100 patients with acute and chronic dental needs. Later this month (January), thanks to BTK, the Volunteer Dental Project will return to Kama for the second consecutive year where he will spend three weeks, and provide dental services in both the Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso.

Dr. Abdullah and the staff of villagers he trained to help him will see an average of eight patients a day, and the goal is to perform extractions, emergency services, and some basic preventive services.

“The aim of the BTK program is to help enable people of African descent to reconnect with the continent by sharing their skills, experience, knowledge, and wealth,” Abdullah said. He hopes that what he is doing can serve as a model for the African diaspora to give back to Kama.

]]>CHICAGO, January 8 – The ‘Back to Kama’ (BTK) organization (Kama is the indigenous native term for Africa; see www.backtokama.org ) will support a Volunteer Dental Project (VDP) for the second consecutive year. This volunteer program was inspired by the BTK dream project and was created for the sole purpose of giving back to the African community, the homeland.

In 2009, Rael, spiritual leader of the International Raelian Movement (IRM), launched the ‘Back to Kama’ dream project to encourage well-educated, successful, and affluent people of all races and religions – especially descendants of slaves – to migrate to Kama and to relocate their businesses and operations there, along with transferring knowledge and wealth accumulated in the West. “To save Humanity, we must first save Kama,” Rael said.

Five years ago, Raelian Guide, Larry R. Abdullah (DDS, PhD) – who has a general dentistry practice in Chicago, first had his DNA tested to trace down his African roots and the results revealed the Congo, Africa.

“My ancestry originated in the Congo and spread across the continent to West Africa. This is what inspired me to travel to Africa for the first time,” Abdullah recalled. HIs trip resulted in his participation in the ‘Back to Kama’ program designed to reunite people of African descent with their ancestral homeland.

“Since I’m a dentist, I decided to initiate a program to provide dental services to the residents most in need,” Dr. Abdullah said. In January 2017, he returned to Burkina Faso for two weeks where he treated nearly 100 patients with acute and chronic dental needs. Later this month (January), thanks to BTK, the Volunteer Dental Project will return to Kama for the second consecutive year where he will spend three weeks, and provide dental services in both the Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso.

Dr. Abdullah and the staff of villagers he trained to help him will see an average of eight patients a day, and the goal is to perform extractions, emergency services, and some basic preventive services.

“The aim of the BTK program is to help enable people of African descent to reconnect with the continent by sharing their skills, experience, knowledge, and wealth,” Abdullah said. He hopes that what he is doing can serve as a model for the African diaspora to give back to Kama.